Charlie joins us from his role as Director General at the Department of Health England, which he had held since 2012. Before that, Charlie was Director for Ageing Society and State Pensions at the Department for Work and Pensions. He has also worked in a variety of roles across government and the wider public sector, including:

Executive Director at the Pensions Regulator, leading the development of a new regulatory strategy to improve the funding of final salary pension schemes

leading reviews on childcare and drugs in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit

leading work on Royal Mail and the future of the Post Office network at HM Treasury